According to the battalion commander of Chandika APF Battalion, Madan Singh Khadka, additional 19 APF personnel were sent to the border security post set up at Lomanthang from the battalion. [break]
With this, the post has 46 APF personnel, he said.
The border security post was set up in Lomanthang with a view to controlling the cross-border crimes and possible anti-china activities in the Nepal-Tibet border areas.
Lomanthang, Chhoser, Charang, Surkhang, Ghami and Chhuncha of Mustang are linked with the border with Tibet.
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